The latest adjustment of tariffs on imported printing equipment and equipment in 2021 is released, and zero tariffs continue to expand

In December 2020, the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council issued the "Import and Export Tariffs of the People's Republic of China (2021)", announcing that from January 1, 2021, the most-favored-nation tax rate, treaty tax rate and provisional tax rate of some imported goods will be adjusted.

　　 Compared with 2020, import tariffs on printing equipment and equipment will be adjusted in 2021. In order to facilitate interpretation, the following will be divided into several parts of the specific analysis.

　　 1. The adjustment of the tax rate in the "Most-Favoured-Nation Tax Rates Table of Certain Information Technology Products"

　　 The "Most Favored Nation Tax Rates for Certain Information Technology Products" includes hundreds of products. Among them, the adjustments related to printing equipment mainly include printing plates, pre-press equipment, digital printing equipment, and printing parts and auxiliary equipment, and the tariffs on these products are adjusted again (see the table below).

01

　　Most-favored nation tariffs on printing plates and prepress equipment products continue to be zero

After July 1, 2019, "laser phototypesetting film (any side exceeding 255mm), made of any material other than paper, cardboard and textiles" "PS plate (pre-coated photosensitive plate) (any side exceeding 255mm), using The most-favored nation tax rate for printing plate products such as "CTP plates" and "flexible printing plates" made of any material other than paper, cardboard and textiles has been zero; "typesetting machines", "computer direct plate making equipment", "other plate making machines," The most-favored nation tax rate applied to pre-press equipment products such as "apparatus and equipment" and "other machines, apparatus and equipment for casting and plate making" has also been zero. For the whole year of 2021, the most-favored-nation tax rate for the above products will remain zero.

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　　The tariffs on digital printing equipment products have generally dropped by more than 1%, and some products have achieved zero tariffs

Before July 1, 2021, digital printing equipment products such as "network-connected inkjet printers", "network-connected electrophotographic printers (laser printers)", and "other digital printing equipment that can be networked" The implemented most-favored-nation tax rate is 1.3%, but after July 1, 2021, the tariffs on these products will be reduced by 1.3 percentage points, achieving zero tariffs.

Before July 1, 2021, "other independent inkjet printers", "other independent electrophotographic printers (laser printers)" and "other independent digital printing equipment" and other digital printing equipment products implemented the most-favored nation tax rate Both are 3.0%, but after July 1, 2021, the tariffs on these products will drop another 1 percentage point to 2.0%.

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　　Printing equipment parts and auxiliary equipment tariffs are generally reduced by 1-2% to achieve zero tariffs

In addition to the zero most-favored-nation tax rate for printing plate products and prepress equipment products, and the continuous decline of the most-favored-nation tax rate for digital printing products, some traditional and digital printing equipment parts, auxiliary equipment, etc., have also been adjusted .

Before July 1, 2021, the most-favored nation tax rate for products such as "web feeders", "auxiliary machines for other traditional printing machines", and "auxiliary machines for digital printing equipment" are all 2.0%, but in July 2021 After January 1, the tariffs on these products will be reduced by 2 percentage points to achieve zero tariffs.

Before July 1, 2021, the most-favored nation tax rate for products such as "parts and accessories for traditional printing presses", "thermal print heads", and "other parts of digital printing equipment" are all 1.0%, but on July 1, 2021 In the future, the tariffs on these products will be reduced by 1 percentage point to achieve zero tariffs.

In summary, in the "Most-Favoured-Nation Tax Rates for Certain Information Technology Products", in addition to "other independent inkjet printers", "other independent electrophotographic printers (laser printers)", "other independent digital printing equipment" and other digital printing Except for equipment products, all other products related to printing equipment and equipment will achieve zero tariffs in the second half of 2021.